"Lakeside Pokhara's best view-and-atmosphere table — a Phewa Lake terrace, live music and a menu that swings from momos to wood-fired pizza. Come for sunset."
Open House sits at Khahare Chowk on the main Lakeside strip of our Pokhara guide, with a terrace that looks straight out over Phewa Lake to the hills beyond. It has been a Lakeside fixture since 1988, and trades on that position — sunset, live music and an easy all-day menu.
It is a restaurant and lounge bar rather than a chef-driven destination; the draw is the lake, the room and the breadth of the kitchen.
The menu is deliberately wide, built for a crowd of travellers and locals who all want something different. There are Nepali plates — dal bhat and momos — alongside Indian curries, Chinese stir-fries, continental mains, wood-fired pizzas and burgers. None of it is fine dining, but it is consistent, generous and fairly priced, and the bar turns out cocktails to drink while the sun drops behind the lake.
This is comfort cooking with a view, and the kitchen knows exactly what its guests are there for.
The layout pairs an indoor dining room with an open terrace, and the terrace is the reason to come — tables angled at Phewa Lake, with live music most evenings adding to the buzz. Service is attentive and used to a steady flow of visitors.
It fills up at sunset, so arriving a little early for a lake-facing table is worth it.
Open House suits a lake-view first date, a birthday with friends, or relaxed solo dining over the water. For other Lakeside tables, compare Byanjan, Caffe Concerto or Krishna's Kitchen.
Not for diners chasing a single refined cuisine or a quiet, intimate meal — it is a busy, broad-menu lake terrace with live music, where the view and the atmosphere lead.
Its Phewa Lake views, live music and a broad multicuisine menu. The Lakeside restaurant and lounge bar serves Nepali plates like dal bhat and momos alongside Indian, Chinese and continental dishes, wood-fired pizza and cocktails.
At Khahare Chowk, Lakeside-06, on the Phewa Lake shore in the main Lakeside strip of Pokhara, Nepal.
Yes — the terrace looks straight out over Phewa Lake to the hills, and lake-facing tables are the reason most diners come, especially at sunset.
It sits in the mid-range $$ band, with most mains around NPR 400-900 and cocktails on top — affordable for the setting.
Yes, live music plays most evenings, which is a big part of the lounge-bar atmosphere alongside the lake view.
The terrace fills at sunset, so a reservation for a lake-facing table is worth it. Find it at Khahare Chowk, Lakeside, Pokhara, on the Phewa Lake shore.
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Open House anchors part of our Pokhara guide — a Phewa Lake-view terrace with live music and a multicuisine menu on the Lakeside strip.
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